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Topic: Invisible text (Read 5447 times)

Sometimes people change the colour of the font so you can't see the text unless you highlight it. I think this is a good idea. Would it be possible to have a choice from the drop down menu "Change Color" to "invisible" which is the same text as a the background of the post? This would mean it would automatically be hidden. Lots of time I see yellow text on a different colour background because I am using a different colour scheme to that poster.

It's not a massive need but it is a thing that would be nice to have. Or it could be a markup command similar to superscript.

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Kai

What would the invisible text be used for? It sounds similar to the idea of a spoiler tag (although that is just a black box around the selected text). If that is what you would like it for, I think it would be cool to have and can be a good idea.

What would the invisible text be used for? It sounds similar to the idea of a spoiler tag (although that is just a black box around the selected text). If that is what you would like it for, I think it would be cool to have and can be a good idea.

What else would it be used for?

Sometimes people use it for information that other posters might find sensitive. In threads dealing with death, miscarriage, pregnancy, or medical issues, for example, a poster might put the details in an "invisible" color in case some posters find them relevant, but not all posters have to read them.

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Kai

Sometimes people use it for information that other posters might find sensitive. In threads dealing with death, miscarriage, pregnancy, or medical issues, for example, a poster might put the details in an "invisible" color in case some posters find them relevant, but not all posters have to read them.

Thanks for explaining that to me =) So it really does sound like the same concept of a spoiler tag, just not as obvious as the big black box. In that case, I do think it is a good idea to have.

The problem is that, given the range of colour options available for viewing the forum, some colours are less effective than others for the purposes of masking text.

However, if you want to be really clever you can combine the glow and font colour functions (so long as they're the same colour in both cases). It's highlight-to-read, and should ensure that the text in question stays hidden on every background.

The problem is that, given the range of colour options available for viewing the forum, some colours are less effective than others for the purposes of masking text.

However, if you want to be really clever you can combine the glow and font colour functions (so long as they're the same colour in both cases). It's highlight-to-read, and should ensure that the text in question stays hidden on every background.

This:

will give you this:

Your text here.

I can't see that in Flamingvixen, but I can in Internet Explorer. It shows up as slightly blurry red text. But if you change the 2 to a 9 [glow=red,9,300] it is too blurry to read.

You can also change it to white [ glow=white,2,300 ][ color=white ] but in IE, that just looks like you've broken your monitor screen. Ah, the joys of computing!

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